Seal-lock.



Patented May 22, |900.

E. L. BADGLEY.

SEAL LUCK.

(Application filed Dec. 14, 1899.)

(No Model.)

NITE STATES Ferca.

. EDVIN L.

FRANK S. ASHLEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

SEAL-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,029, dated May 22, `1900.

Application med December 14, 1899. serai No. 740.350. momma.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. BADGLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clayton, in the county of Adams and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Seal- Lock, of which the following is a'specification.

Thisinvention relates to carseal-locks; and it has for one object to provide a construction in which a single padlock may be employed for lockingI the door of the car and also for holding the seal-holder in its visible position to prevent injury to or removal ofthe seal.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for destroying the seal automatically when the seal-lock is manipulated to permit opening of the door.

In the'drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which similar numerals of reference designate like and corresponding parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a front elevation showing'the seal-lock upon a car and illustratingfthe method of securing the car-door. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken through the locking bolt and sealholder, the seal-lock being removed from the car. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing the seal-clamping plate. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the seal-cutting knife.v Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view showing a portion of the bolt and the casing and illustrating the arrangement of the seal.

Referring now to the drawings, the seallock comprises a plate 5, having a recess 6 in the rear face thereof, and covering1 this recess 1s a second plate 7, which may be formed integral with the plate 5 and has a longitudinal slot 8 opening into the recess 6. This plate 7 forms the rear Wall of a casing com-- prising also a front 9 and sides 10 and 11, the casing being formed, preferably, integral. The casing has a longitudinal passage 12 therethrough, which is preferably rectangular in cross-section, and communicating with this passage through the front 9 is an inspectionopening 13, having a transparent closure 14, of glass or other suitable material. A cornbined seal-holder and locking-bolt is passed into the passage 12, With the lower end 15 projecting therebelow and having a transverse perforation 1G, for a purpose to be presently described. The portion 15 is cylindrical in form and forms the locking-bolt of Ss'ides of the holder.

,tion of the plate 2l.

the structure, the upper portion 1.7 being rectangular in cross-section-and being arranged to carry the seal. This portion 17 is provided with a central longitudinal slot 18, for a purpose to be presently explained, and has also a squared recess 19, lying on both sides of the slot 18 and adapted to receive a seal 2O in a position transversely of the slot. VThe ioor of the recess 19 is cut away adjacent the slot 1S to Afacilitate the operation of canceling or the ears 22 and transversely through the sealholder, the ears being disposed in side recesses in the seal-holder, so that when the `holder is in its operative position the rearwardly-bent side edges will lie flush with the The front faceof the' liolderis also recessed to receive the body por-5 Centrally of the plate 21 and adjacent its rear end is formed an inspection-opening 23, the edges of which are bent inwardly, as shown at 24, to form clamping edges, which enter the recess 19 and hold the seal firmly against the bottom thereof. Upon the outer face of the plate 21 is secured a spring-tongue 25, which engages the inner surface of the front 9 when the seal-holder is passed into the casing and acts as a frictionlock to prevent accidental displacement of the locking-bolt when the padlock is disengaged therefrom.

A seal-cutting knife 26 is passed inwardly through the slots 8 and 18 and lies in a position to be engaged by the seal in the recess 19 when the bolt is passed inwardly or outwardly of the casing. The knife 2G has a weighted end 27, which holds the knife normally projected into the slots 8 and 18, but permits downward rocking of the knife when engaged by the seal as the latter is passed into the casing to lie below the knife, as shown in Fig. 2. The knife is prevented from up- Ward rocking movement, however, by means of the upper end wall of the slot'8, and thus IOO -as the seal-holder is moved upwardly'in the v^--V-vided with a staple, a casing carried by the casing this knife engages the seal andcuts it.

4Intheapplication of the construction the plate 5 is secured upon the outer surface of the car and in such a position that the staple 28, carried by said plate, may be engaged -by the hasp 29 upon the car-door. 28 is below the casing and in line with the recess thereof. The seal-holder having been raised to expose the recess 19, the plate 21 ismoved backwardly, and the seal is applied.

The plate is then moved to hold the seal in the recess, and the holder is then pushed downwardly to cause thebolt 15 to enter the staple 28, withwhich the hasp 29 has been previously engaged. A padlock 30 is then engaged with the `opening 16 in the locking-bolt below the staple and prevents withdrawal ofplate and having a passage alining with the staple, a slide in the passage having a perforated locking-bolt adapted to pass through the staple and to receive a padlock, an inspection-opening in the casing, means Vfor holding a seal upon the slide in line with the inspection-openin g, slots in the plate, the slide and the casing, and a knife pivoted to the plate and passed through said slots and lying in the path of movement of the seal carried ,by the slide. l

This staple 2. Acar seal-lock Ycomprisinga-"casing, a movable bolt mounted .in the casing, a recess inthe outer face of the bolt adapted to receive a seal, a plate pivoted to the bolt and having fingers adapted to enter the recess andhold a seal therein and an inspectionopening in the casi-ng with which the recess is adapted to register. l y

3. A car seal-lock, comprising a casing having a longitudinal passage and having a slot opening into the passage, a bolt within the passage and having alongitudinal slot registering with the'first-named slot, a recess in the bolt adapted to receive a seal, a plate pivoted to the bolt and having fingers adapted to enter the recess and hold. the seal therein, an inspection opening in the casing withy which the recess is adapted to'register, and a pivoted knife lying in said slotsand in the path of movement of the seal in the recess,

lsaid knife being adapted for rocking movement under the influence of inward movement of the bolt only.y

- 4. In a car seal-lock, the combinationwith a casing having alongitudinal passage and a communicating slot, ofa seal-holding bolt disposed in the passage and having a longitudinal slot, and a pivoted knife passed through the slot in the casing and-into a longitudinal slot in the bolt, said knife lying in the path `of movement o f the seal with the slide and G. D. LESTER, Trios. MUHAN. 

